Discharge against medical advice: 'deviant' behaviour or a health system quality gap?
BMJ Qual Saf
.
2020 Apr;29(4):348-352.
doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010332.
Epub 2019 Dec 30.
Authors
Anshula Ambasta
1
,
Maria Santana
2
,
William A Ghali
3
,
Karen Tang
4
Affiliations
1
Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
[email protected]
.
2
Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
3
Departments of Community Health Sciences & Medicine, and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
4
Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine and the O'Brien Institute for Public Health, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
PMID:
31888955
DOI:
10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010332
No abstract available
Keywords:
against medical advice; discharge; patientsafety; quality gap.
MeSH terms
Decision Making*
Delivery of Health Care / standards*
Humans
Patient Discharge*
Quality of Health Care / standards*